Holder for pictures, stationery, or other articles.



Patented Aug. 2|, |9oo.'

N 0 S N K C D H W Rm 2 6 5 6 0 N HOLDER FOR PICTURES, STATIONERY, OROTHER ARTICLES.

- (Application filed Apr. 4, 1899. Renewed Mar. 27, 1900.) (No Model.)

IN VENTOI? S. M m m w A 77'0HNEYS.

UNITED STATES PATENT O F CE.

WILLIAM II. H. DICKINSON OF MISSOULA, MONTANA.

HOLDER FOR PICTURES, STATIONERY, OR OTHER ARTICLES.

SPECIFICATION forming partof Letters Patent N 0. 656,526, dated August21, 1900. Application filed April 4 1899. Renewed March 27, 1900. SerialNo. 10,409. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, WILLIAM H. H. D1010 INSON, of Missoula, in thecounty of Missoula and State of Montana, have invented a new andImproved Holder for Pictures, Stationery, or other Articles,'of,whichthe following is a full, clear, and exact'description.

The principal object ofmy invention is to provide a device especiallyadapted for maintaining pictures, books, stationery, crockery, &c., in aposition most suitable for use or for display.

A further object'of the invention is to so construct a holderthat it isadjustable to obj ects of different'sizes and to provide a means wherebyth'eholder may be quickly and conveniently manipulated and adapted toasbook as supported thereby, the book appearing in dotted lines. Fig. 2is a horizontal section taken practicallyon the line 2-2 of Fig. 1. Fig.3 is a horizontal section taken sub stantially on the line 3 3 ofFig. 1. Fig. at is a side elevation of a device for holding the leavesof a book open when said book is supported by the holder, and Fig. 5 isa perspective View of a modified form of clamping-bar for the device.

A represents a body-bar that is provided wit-ha recess 10 in its frontface, and said recess 10 is adapted to receive a portion of the head 11of a screw 11*, the said screw being passed loosely through thebody-bar. The screw 11 receives a nut 13, having preferably a flange 13'in order that said nut may be readily manipulated on the screw. The nutis adapted for binding engagement with the body-bar and to control thelateral adjustment of the screw 11. The head 11 of said screw isprovided with an opening 12, the

port B, as is shown in Figs. 2 and 3.

opening being preferably of rectangular formation, as illustrated inFig. 3.

A yoke-clamp 14 is loosely mounted upon the screw 11 at the rear of theadjusting-nut .13, and said clamp is held in position on the screw by anordinary nu t 15. (Likewise shown in Fig. 3.) A set-screw 16 is passedthrough the members of the yoke-clamp, one of said members to that endhaving a reinforced portion 14, (also shown in Fig. 3,) said reinforcedportion 14 of the clamp serving in the capacity of a fixed nut. Asupport 13 is provided for the body-bar A, and said support is usuallymade of wire 17, twisted upon itself to form a loop-shank b anddiverging legsections b. The loop-shank of the support is made to enterthe space between the members of the yoke-clamp, and the set-screw 16 ispassed through the loop-shank of the sup- Thus it will be observed thatthe support B may be adjusted vertically as desired, so as to give anydesired inclination to the body-bar A and that the support may bereadily fixed in its adjusted position. At the same tim e the bodybarand its adjusting-screw maybe turned without interfering with theposition of the yoke.

Two clamping-bars 18 and 19 are employed in connection with the body ofthe device. These bars are parallel and are adapted for verticaladjustment, the bars being passed through the opening 12 in the head ofthe screw 11*. After the clamping-bars have been properly adjusted theyare held in their adjusted position through the adjustment of the screw11 by the nut 13, since when the head of the nut is drawn within thebody-bar A the inner faces of the clamping-bars will be held firmlyagainst the'outer face of the bodybar A, and when the head 11 of thescrew 11 is carried forward oroutward from the body-bar A theclamping-bars are released to such an extent that they may be readilymoved upward or downward. One

of the bars-the bar 19, for example-may be longer than the clamping-bar18, and the clam ping-bar 19 is provided with a hook 20 at its lowerend, upwardly and outwardly turned, while the other clamping-bar 18 isprovided with a hook 21 at its upper end, downwardly hook 21 isintroduced between the leaves at the same part of the upper portion ofthe book. The bars are then secured in the position to which they havebeen adjusted, and the support B for the device is adjusted in themanner heretofore described, so as to give the required inclination tothe book or any other object that may be carried or sustained by theholder.

0 represents a device especially adapted to hold the leaves of a bookflat or the book open when it is sustained by the holder, and a loop 22is secured to the upper end of the clamping-bar 19 to assist insustaining the separating device 0 in position on the holder. Theseparating device is practically inverted- U shape in side elevation, asshown in Fig. 4, and comprises a long arm or vertical member 23 and ashorter vertical arm or member 24, the member 24 being the front member.The

member 24 of the separating device terminates in a hook 25 at its lowerend. Abearing-arm is located at the lower portion of the shorter memberof the separating device. The body portion of the separating device ispreferably made of spring-wire and the bearing-arm is of the samematerial. This bearing-arm consists of two diverging horizontal members26, connected by a coil 27, through. which coil the shorter member ofthe separating device is passed.

When a book has been placed in position on the holder, the longer memberof the body of the separating device is preferably passed through theloop 22 downward at the back of the book in engagement with said back,while the front member 24 of the body of the separating device willengage with the back at a central point between the leaves, the members26 of the bearing-arm carried by the separating device engaging. withthe open pages of the book, as shown in Fig. 2, holding all the leavesin position. If desired, however, the loop 22 may be omitted and thelonger member of the separating device be simply passed down to anengagement with the back of the book, having no connection with theclamping-bars 1S and 19.

In Fig. 5 I have .illustrated a clamping-bar .27 which may be usedinstead of either of the clamping-bars 18 or 19 when the device isemployed as an easel to support a picture, plate, or like article. Thisbar 27 is provided with diverging members 28 at one end, and each member28 terminates in a hook 29.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent- 1. A device for holding pictures, books and otherarticles, the device having a body-bar, clamp-bars adjustable upon saidbody-bar, means for securing the clamp-bars in adj uste'd position, anda support for the bodybar loosely connected therewith, said supportconsisting of a yoke-clamp, and legs carried by said yoke-clamp.

2. A holder for pictures, books, &c., consistin g of a body-bar, aclamping-screw passed through the body-bar, adjustable clampingbarspassed through the head of the adjusting-screw, being adaptedforengagement with the outer face of the bo'dy bar, each clampingbarterminating at one of its ends in a retaining member, means forretaining the clamping-screw in adjusted position, a yokeclamp looselymounted on the adjustingscrew, a support for the bod y-bar carried bythe yoke-clamp, and means for securing'said support in the position towhich it may be adjusted, for the purpose specified.

. 3. In a holder, the combination of a bodybar, a headed screw passingthrough the bod ybar and having an orifice in its head, clamplug-barsextending through the orifice in the head of the screw, nuts working onthe screw, a clamp held on the screw by the nuts thereof, and a supportheld by the clamp.

4. In a holder, the combination of clamping-bars, a headed screw havingan orifice in the head through which orifice the clampingbars arepassed, a body-bar through which the screw is passed, a support, andmeans for connecting the support with the screw and body-bar.

5. In a holder, the combination of clamping-bars, a screw having anorifice therein through which the clamping-bars are passed, a body-bar,means for holding the screw on the body-bar, the screw being moved toengage the clamping-bars with the body-bar, whereby also to hold theclamping-bars, and a support in connection with the body-bar.

WVILLIAM H. H. DICKINSON.

Witnesses:

FREDERICK C. WEBSTER, CHARLES W. LoMBARn.

